Department of the Environment - Enforcement Authority [HB-402]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Public Health ]
Altering the enforcement authority of the Department of the Environment under various provisions of law, including provisions relating to waterway construction and dam safety, tidal and nontidal wetlands, drinking water, and waterworks, wastewater works, and industrial wastewater works; requiring certain penalties collected by the Department to be paid into the Maryland Clean Water Fund; etc.
HB-402: Department of the Environment - Enforcement Authority
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Hearing Canceled on 02/15/2022
Attorney General - Climate Change Actions - Authorization [HB-363]
[Environmental ]
[Climate Change ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Energy ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing the Attorney General to investigate, commence, and prosecute or defend any suit or action that holds accountable a publicly traded entity with a market capitalization greater than $1,000,000,000 or its subsidiaries for tortious or otherwise unlawful conduct that has contributed to climate change; and authorizing the Attorney General to hire outside counsel on a contingency fee basis to assist with an action under the Act if the Attorney General makes a determination that it is in the best interests of the State.
HB-363: Attorney General - Climate Change Actions - Authorization
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Hearing 2/15 At 1:30 P.m. on 01/25/2022
Environment - On-Site Wastewater Services - Regulation [HB-318]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Public Health ]
Establishing the State Board of On-Site Wastewater Professionals in the Department of the Environment to regulate individuals who provide on-site wastewater services in the State and to establish minimum standards for certain on-site wastewater systems; requiring the Department, in consultation with the Board, to set certain fees for the issuance and renewal of licenses and other Board-provided services; establishing the On-Site Wastewater Professionals Fund; requiring the Board to establish a certain code of ethics; etc.
Mold Inspections and Remediation - Standards, Reporting, Penalties, and Tax Credit [HB-361]
[Environmental ]
[Real Estate ]
[Housing ]
[Taxes ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Construction ]
[Property Tax ]
Requiring the Department of the Environment, in consultation with the Maryland Department of Health, the Department of Housing and Community Development, and the Department of General Services, to adopt certain regulations on or before June 1, 2024, establishing uniform standards for mold assessment and remediation; authorizing a tenant to deposit the tenant's rent in an escrow account under certain circumstances; authorizing a tax credit for taxpayers of certain residential properties who incur mold remediation costs; etc.
HB-361: Mold Inspections and Remediation - Standards, Reporting, Penalties, and Tax Credit
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/18/2022
State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program – Eligibility for Enrollment and Participation (Independent Agency Health Insurance Option Act) [HB-379]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Energy ]
[Agriculture ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Authorizing employees of the Maryland Agricultural and Resource-Based Industry Development Corporation and the Maryland Clean Energy Center to enroll and participate in the health insurance benefit options established under the State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program; requiring the Secretary of Budget and Management to determine whether the entities are eligible to participate in the Program within 60 days of the effective date of the Act; and requiring the Secretary of Budget and Management to submit a certain report.
HB-379: State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program – Eligibility for Enrollment and Participation (Independent Agency Health Insurance Option Act)
Sponsored by: Rep. Marc Korman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 445 on 05/16/2022
You have voted HB-379: State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program – Eligibility for Enrollment and Participation (Independent Agency Health Insurance Option Act).
Conservation Finance Act [SB-348]
[Agriculture ]
[Environmental ]
[Energy ]
[Climate Change ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Providing that the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Natural Resources, and the Maryland Environmental Trust must allow participants in certain cost sharing programs to participate in and receive compensation from greenhouse gas markets, carbon credits, or soil carbon programs under certain circumstances; authorizing certain units to enter into pay-for-success contracts with certain aggregators to procure certain environmental outcomes projects or already certified environmental outcomes; etc.
SB-348: Conservation Finance Act
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 238 on 04/21/2022
Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays 2010 Trust Fund - Use of Funds (Chesapeake Bay Lockbox Protection Act of 2022) [SB-366]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Establishing a Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays 2010 Trust Fund to provide financial resources for certain nonpoint source pollution control projects in the State; and prohibiting the transfer of funds in the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays 2010 Trust Fund to the General Fund or a special fund of the State except under certain circumstances.
SB-366: Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays 2010 Trust Fund - Use of Funds (Chesapeake Bay Lockbox Protection Act of 2022)
Sponsored by: Sen. Bryan Simonaire
Hearing 2/24 At 1:00 P.m. (education, Health, And Environmental Affairs) on 02/09/2022
Mold Inspections and Remediation - Standards, Reporting, Penalties, and Tax Credit [SB-320]
[Environmental ]
[Real Estate ]
[Housing ]
[Taxes ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Construction ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring the Department of the Environment, in consultation with the Maryland Department of Health, the Department of Housing and Community Development, and the Department of General Services, to adopt certain regulations on or before June 1, 2024, establishing uniform standards for mold assessment and remediation; authorizing a tenant to deposit the tenant's rent in an escrow account under certain circumstances; authorizing a tax credit for taxpayers of certain residential properties who incur mold remediation costs; etc.
SB-320: Mold Inspections and Remediation - Standards, Reporting, Penalties, and Tax Credit
Sponsored by: Sen. Obie Patterson
First Reading Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 01/20/2022
Environment - Statewide Green Business Certification Program [SB-308]
[Environmental ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Small Business ]
[Community Development ]
Requiring the Department of the Environment to establish and administer a statewide green business certification program to recognize businesses operating in a manner that reduces their environmental footprint and provide consumers with information on how to identify those businesses; and requiring the Department to update and enhance the statewide green business certification program in consultation with the Montgomery County Green Business Certification Program.
SB-308: Environment - Statewide Green Business Certification Program
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
First Reading Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 01/20/2022
Environment - Packaging Materials - Producer Responsibility [SB-292]
[Environmental ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring the Department of the Environment to conduct a statewide recycling needs assessment every 10 years; requiring, by April 1, 2024, producers of certain packaging materials to individually or as part of a producer responsibility organization submit a producer responsibility plan to the Department for approval; prohibiting, on or after October 1, 2024, a producer of certain packaging materials from selling or distributing the packaging materials unless the producer has an approved producer responsibility plan; etc.
Environment - Packaging Materials - Producer Responsibility [HB-307]
[Environmental ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring the Department of Environment to conduct a statewide recycling needs assessment every 10 years; requiring, by April 1, 2024, producers of certain packaging materials to individually or as part of a producer responsibility organization submit a producer responsibility plan to the Department for approval; prohibiting, on or after October 1, 2024, a producer of certain packaging materials from selling or distributing the packaging materials unless the producer has an approved producer responsibility plan; etc.
Environment – PFAS Chemicals – Prohibitions and Requirements (George “Walter” Taylor Act) [SB-273]
[Environmental ]
[Air Quality ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Water ]
[Public Health ]
[Manufacturing ]
[Food ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting, on or after January 1, 2024, a person from using, manufacturing, or knowingly selling or distributing Class B fire-fighting foam that contains intentionally added PFAS chemicals in the State; prohibiting, on or after January 1, 2024, a person from manufacturing or knowingly selling or distributing a certain rug or carpet; prohibiting, on or after January 1, 2024, certain persons from manufacturing or knowingly selling or distributing certain food packaging designed for direct food contact in the State; etc.
SB-273: Environment – PFAS Chemicals – Prohibitions and Requirements (George “Walter” Taylor Act)
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 139 on 04/21/2022
Environment – PFAS Chemicals – Prohibitions and Requirements (George “Walter” Taylor Act) [HB-275]
[Environmental ]
[Air Quality ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Water ]
[Public Health ]
[Manufacturing ]
[Food ]
Prohibiting, on or after January 1, 2024, a person from using, manufacturing, or knowingly selling or distributing Class B fire-fighting foam that contains intentionally added PFAS chemicals in the State; prohibiting, on or after January 1, 2024, a person from manufacturing, selling, or distributing a certain rug or carpet in the State; prohibiting, on or after January 1, 2024, a manufacturer or distributor from manufacturing, selling, or distributing certain food packaging intended for direct food contact in the State; etc.
HB-275: Environment – PFAS Chemicals – Prohibitions and Requirements (George “Walter” Taylor Act)
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 138 on 04/21/2022
Income Tax – Healthy Indoor Air Quality Tax Credit [SB-267]
[Air Quality ]
[Taxes ]
[Energy ]
[Construction ]
[Small Business ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
[Economic Development ]
[Housing ]
Allowing certain persons to claim a 50% credit against the State income tax for certain qualified costs incurred during the taxable year to purchase and install certain indoor air quality equipment in a certain home, rental dwelling unit, or commercial building; requiring the Comptroller, in consultation with the Maryland Energy Administration, to publish on the Comptroller's website a list of approved indoor air quality equipment based on industry guidelines and best practices on or before September 30 each year; etc.
SB-267: Income Tax – Healthy Indoor Air Quality Tax Credit
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Hearing 1/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/18/2022
Department of the Environment – Enforcement Authority [SB-221]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the Department of the Environment to notify the Attorney General each time the Department initiates a certain administrative action; altering the enforcement authority of the Department under various provisions of law, including provisions relating to waterway construction and dam safety, tidal and nontidal wetlands, drinking water, and waterworks, wastewater works, and industrial wastewater works; requiring a person or municipal or private corporation to report certain information to the Department annually; etc.
SB-221: Department of the Environment – Enforcement Authority
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Referred Environment And Transportation on 03/22/2022
Task Force on Recycling Policy and Recycling and Waste Systems in Maryland [HB-217]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Environmental ]
Establishing the Task Force on Recycling Policy and Recycling and Waste Systems in Maryland to review the Maryland Recycling Act, study the recycling and waste systems in Maryland, and make recommendations on updating the Maryland Recycling Act and implementing regional recycling and waste disposal facilities; and requiring the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations to certain legislative Committees by June 30, 2023.
HB-217: Task Force on Recycling Policy and Recycling and Waste Systems in Maryland
Sponsored by: Sen. Sara Love
Hearing 2/02 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/19/2022
Maryland Corps Program – Revisions [SB-228]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Environmental ]
[Climate Change ]
[Community Development ]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Economic Development ]
Altering certain purposes of the Maryland Corps Program by allowing participants to transition to the workforce as well as to higher education institutions; requiring that Program funds be used to expand the Chesapeake Conservation Corps and the Maryland Conservation Corps and create a Maryland Civilian Climate Corps and a Maryland Historic Trades Corp; restructuring the Board as a body politic and corporate and as an instrumentality of the State; requiring the Board to prioritize certain individuals for participation in the Program; etc.
SB-228: Maryland Corps Program – Revisions
Sponsored by: Sen. William Ferguson
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(b) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 37 on 04/09/2022
Sustainable Maryland Program and Fund - Establishment [SB-14]
[Environmental ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Community Development ]
[Economic Development ]
Establishing the Sustainable Maryland Program; establishing the Sustainable Maryland Program Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund to expand and enhance Sustainable Maryland's promotion and support of communities in Maryland in the effort to realize environmental, economic, and social sustainability; requiring interest earnings of the Fund to be credited to the Fund; requiring the Governor, in fiscal year 2024 and each fiscal year thereafter, to provide an appropriation of $500,000 to the Fund; etc.
SB-14: Sustainable Maryland Program and Fund - Establishment
Sponsored by: Sen. Sarah Elfreth
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 354 on 05/16/2022
Climate Crisis and Environmental Justice Act [SB-135]
[Environmental ]
[Energy ]
[Taxes ]
[Climate Change ]
[Air Quality ]
Requiring the State to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through various measures, including altering statewide greenhouse gas emissions reduction requirements so that after 2040 statewide greenhouse gas emissions are net negative; requiring the Department of the Environment to adopt a plan for the reduction of statewide greenhouse gas emissions by December 31, 2022; establishing a Climate Crisis Council to develop a plan to meet the reduction targets set out in the Act; and establishing a greenhouse gas pollution fee on certain fuels.
SB-135: Climate Crisis and Environmental Justice Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Kramer
Hearing 2/15 At 1:00 P.m. (education, Health, And Environmental Affairs) on 01/31/2022
Equity in Transportation Sector - Guidelines and Analyses [SB-23]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Economic Development ]
[Community Development ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring that equity be considered when State transportation plans, reports, and goals are developed; altering the membership of the advisory committee on State transportation goals, benchmarks, and indicators; requiring the Department of Transportation, in collaboration with the Maryland Transportation Administration, to conduct certain analyses and consult with certain communities before announcing any reduction or cancellation of a certain project in the construction program of the Consolidated Transportation Program; etc.
SB-23: Equity in Transportation Sector - Guidelines and Analyses
Sponsored by: Sen. Jill Carter
Referred Rules And Executive Nominations on 03/28/2022